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Constance Grady

Constance Grady

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Constance Grady

    How does Elon Musk get away with it all?
    Culture

    The billionaire’s heroic image is built on media praise, breathless fans, and … romance novel tropes.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Publishing scammers are using AI to scale their griftsPublishing scammers are using AI to scale their grifts
    Culture

    Large language models are disrupting the publishing industry, from spam submissions to garbage books.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Why Taylor Swift is rerecording all her old songsWhy Taylor Swift is rerecording all her old songs
    Culture

    After losing her masters to Scooter Braun, Taylor Swift is in the process of making new ones.

    By Constance Grady
    Even Better
    A reading guide for grownups who don’t readA reading guide for grownups who don’t read
    Even Better

    Librarian secrets to getting into books for the very first time.

    By Constance Grady
    Your guide to the 2024 Oscars
    A long history of kids doing weird stuff to BarbiesA long history of kids doing weird stuff to Barbies
    Your guide to the 2024 Oscars

    Did you decapitate your Barbies? Or make them kiss?

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Colson Whitehead on the heists, fire, and movie magic of his new novel Crook ManifestoColson Whitehead on the heists, fire, and movie magic of his new novel Crook Manifesto
    Culture

    The two-time Pulitzer winner is using his Harlem Shuffle trilogy to tell the history of New York.

    By Constance Grady
    TV and movie sets used to be messy. What happened?
    Culture

    From Jerry’s apartment to Lucifer’s penthouse, TV sets keep getting neater and neater.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    2023’s best books (so far)2023’s best books (so far)
    Culture

    From shipwrecks to hijackings to sex comedies, these are the best books of the first half of 2023.

    By Constance Grady
    Culture
    Broadway is awash in bad pop musicals pretending to be about feminismBroadway is awash in bad pop musicals pretending to be about feminism
    Culture

    Once Upon a One More Time is a lumpy slurry of Britney Spears, Cinderella, and Betty Friedan. For some reason, it’s part of a bigger trend.

    By Constance Grady
    The Gray Area
    When you can’t separate art from artistWhen you can’t separate art from artist
    Podcast
    The Gray Area

    Talking Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma with Claire Dederer.

    By Constance Grady